Beef Empanadas

Ingredients:

Dough:

All purpose flour 3 pounds

Eggs 2

Warm milk ½ cup

Sugar 1 tablespoon

Butter ¾ stick

Salt a pinch

Water 1 cup if needed

Oil for frying (and if you want to bake then no need of oil just to grease the baking dish)

Filling: 

Raisins ¼ cup

Apple cider vinegar 1 tablespoon

Ground beef 1 pound

Onion 1 small chopped

Garlic cloves 2 ground

Almonds ¼ cup

Brown sugar 2 tablespoons

Cinnamon ground ½ tablespoon

Salt to taste

Cheddar cheese ½ cup

Egg 1 beaten

Oil 2 tablespoons

Direction:

Dough:

In a bowl take flour and make a volcano shape with a hole in it. Beat eggs and milk together. Add all the ingredients in the mound except oil. Mix the ingredients with your hand. When kneading if necessary add little water at a time. Knead it till it becomes sticky and smooth. Now take small parts from the dough and make flat rolls 1/8 inch thick and 3 inches in diameter.  

 Add a heaping teaspoon of the chilled meat mixture to the middle of the disk and fold over the dough into a half circle. Seal by pressing along the edge or with a fork or whatever creative technique you know.

Filling:

In a bowl mix raisins and vinegar. Soak it for 20 minutes or until raisins plump. In a large pan cook beef, onion, and garlic in oil. When water evaporates add almonds, soaked raisins, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Cook them for 5 minutes.

Now take dough rolls and flat them. Now take beef and put it on the dough and fold it. Press its surroundings. Make the remaining empanadas and shallow fry till golden brown or bake it for 20-25 minutes till golden. Fry the empanadas on medium-high heat and brown it from both the sides. And if baking then greases the baking dish and put it in the oven.